http://frederatorblogs.com/ape Take a videogame and make a cartoon show. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:25:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Can you believe it? Ape Escape is finally debuting in the U.S. So, make sure you take a break this weekend from celebrating our nation's independence by tuning in Nicktoons Network Sunday afternoon - 3:00 p.m. in the east; noon in the west - to watch the first of thirty-eight ... http://frederatorblogs.com/ape/2009/07/02/celebrate-the-fourth-with-the-premiere-of-ape-escape/ Ape Escape trailer from Fred Seibert on Vimeo. No word, yet, from Nicktoons Network on when our 38 two-minute Ape Escape shorts - produced with Hawaii Film Partners and Project 51 Productions - will air, but here's a quick sneak peak at what's in store, just enough to whet your appetite. -- ... http://frederatorblogs.com/ape/2008/12/11/ape-escape-trailer/ We've wrapped up and delivered all thirty-eight two-minute Ape Escape shorts to Nicktoons Network. They should let us know soon how they plan to air them. In the meantime, here's a slick piece of fan art featuring Specter. Thanks, Claire. -- Eric http://frederatorblogs.com/ape/2008/10/06/fan-art-from-claire/ Here are some more animatic clips of current cartoons in production: Niki Yang's "Vampire Monkeys" Specter has created an army of vampire monkeys who are in this clip stuck in an elevator (just trying to leave Specter's hideout). A "hot cross bun" appears and tries to enter ... http://frederatorblogs.com/ape/2007/11/14/new-ape-escape-animatic-clips/ Here are some clips from the first animatics from Round 01, featuring the recorded dialogue: Doug TenNapel's "Ape Date" Adam Muto's "Blubber is Blubber" Mike Bell's "I Scream" Doug TenNapel's "Laser Eyes" Adam Muto's "Monkey to the Nth" Mike Bell's ... http://frederatorblogs.com/ape/2007/10/11/ape-escape-animatic-clips/ We had our first record on October 5th, recording an amazing 9 (2-minute) Episodes in 4 hours! From left to right featuring our extremely talented voice talent: Annie Mumulo (voice of Jimmy and Natalie!), Greg Ellis (voice of the villian, Specter!), Mike Gray ... http://frederatorblogs.com/ape/2007/10/09/recording-session-01/ A monkey cracks his helmut after a swing-set crash landing and ends up with LASER EYES! in Doug TenNapel's terrific board entitled..."LASER EYES!" Monkeys are in charge of painting Jimmy's house, with disastrous results in Don Dougherty's board, "Paint Brush Off!" "Ape Date": Natalie ... http://frederatorblogs.com/ape/2007/10/01/more-great-boards-from-round-01/ Mike Bell's "I Scream" produced this classic line by Specter after the Monkeys begin making music with the cash register, "You're bewitching me with your rhythms!" Adam Muto's Blubber is Blubber cartoon produced this hilarious sight gag, after Sailor Monkey jumps all the way into Ahab Monkey's ear to ... http://frederatorblogs.com/ape/2007/09/20/quotable-quotes-funny-gags-from-round-01/ http://frederatorblogs.com/ape/2007/09/13/the-latest-color-models/ Left to Right: Andrew Dickman , Mike Gray , Doug Tennapel, Rann Watumull (Executive Producer for Hawaii Film Partners), Niki Yang , and Karl Toerge !On Sept 5th we reviewed the first wave of cartoon boards from Don Dougherty , Niki ... http://frederatorblogs.com/ape/2007/09/11/second-wave-of-shorts-reviews/